is GA-P67A-UD5 (B3) bios compatible with GA-P67A-UD5 (B1)?

[maverick72]

Hi all, I have a very first version of GA-P67A-UD5 motherboard.is GA-P67A-UD5 (B3) bios compatible with my motherboard?
Thank you in advance.

My system:
i5 2500k
2*2gb corsair 1333 ram
550w ocz psu
ati 6850
1tb samsung

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi maverick72,

Welcome to forum,

Bios F7 is good.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3762#bios

[maverick72]

Great,thank you..

[teknology9]

Hi,

Well make a comparison between the BIOS for both of the motherboards:

Here is the BIOS for your GA-P67A-UD5 (rev. 1.0).....if that is the right motherboard....here is the BIOS:

http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3647#bios

What is the F7 BIOS for?

Here is the BIOS for the GA-P67A-UD5-B3 (rev. 1.0) see link below:

http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3762#bios

What is the F7 BIOS for here?

Teknology9

[maverick72]

hi teknology9
 i have f7 bios already loaded for my GA-P67A-UD5 (rev. 1.0) (date:2011/03/31)
 but when i try to update to GA-P67A-UD5-B3 (rev. 1.0) f7 bios (date:2011/10/12) both @bios and flash disk gives me errors: bios id mismatch and bios partnumber mismatch.
is there any way to solve this ?

[Gloup_Gloup]

Hi maverick72 

I am sorry,

Your Bios mobo is only in this webLink :
GA-P67A-UD5 (rev. 1.0)
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3647#bios

If you tried other Bios version for other mobo, it is at your risk.

Sorry for precedent answer.

Gloup_Gloup.

[teknology9]

Hi,

Well, I listed the BIOS information for both motherboards because they didn't seem to compare with each other regarding what the F7 BIOS was for....as you can see for yourself.

The F7 BIOS for the GA-P67A-UD5 (B3) states:   "0.Intel 22nm CPU support update"  

Here:  http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3762#bios


Whilst the other motherboard F7 BIOS,  GA-P67A-UD5 , states "0.Solve press reset button cause system abnormal"

Here:  http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3647#bios

Also, when it comes to updating the BIOS of a motherboard you should only do so if neccessary and if so use Qflash.......see the link below:

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2441.0.html

Teknology9

[ex58]

Hi maverick72,
Modified BIOS to flash from B2 to B3 is HERE.
It's "F3g1" BIOS for B3 version and you should flash with latest @BIOS (only first time).
Once you flash,reboot,enter BIOS again and using Q-Flash you can flash to latest F7 (or any) BIOS for B3.
More info you can found on XS forum,hwbot .

[maverick72]

Hi maverick72,
Modified BIOS to flash from B2 to B3 is HERE.
It's "F3g1" BIOS for B3 version and you should flash with latest @BIOS (only first time).
Once you flash,reboot,enter BIOS again and using Q-Flash you can flash to latest F7 (or any) BIOS for B3.
More info you can found on XS forum,hwbot .

Worked a treat. Thank you ex58
By the way great forum ,helpful&fast.

[teknology9]

Hi Maverick72,

Good that you have the matter solved now......I didn't see that link for the other BIOS's which runn3R has provided here:

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,4864.0.html

But I know where they are now!!!

Teknology9

[ex58]

Worked a treat. Thank you ex58
By the way great forum ,helpful&fast.

Enjoy you B3 BIOS.....
Btw,
if you want flash to Z68X-UD5 let me know.

[maverick72]

Why not? Let me try z68 ud5 bios.

[ex58]

Are you have your HD in AHCI/RAID or IDE ?
I do this with IDE mode.
Please keep backup BIOS for P67.

OK,here is modded BIOS Z68X-UD5-B3 - F10a:

http://www.mediafire.com/?h2phefymnatu2m4

Before flashing,set in the BIOS "Optimized Defaults"and Disable "GSATA" and "eSATA" option.
Also Disable anything what you didn't use.
Before flashing in Windows,with latest @BIOS 2.12,
Untick "Load CMOS Default"!
(Tick Clear DMI data Pool if you want that CPU-Z show Z68X-UD5-B3)
After restart,BIOS will "hang" on BIOS Screen for about 2-3 min.

Modded BIOS to flash back to BIOS P67A-UD5-B3 - F7:

http://www.mediafire.com/?y9emd7rnj6fqwki

Please read before your flash to:
Refer to this page.
Refer to this page and after..

[maverick72]

Done without problems,ahci mode works properly- no freeze /hang for 2-3 mins.after the bios update.
I have slight annoying problem for the p67 ud5 (B3) f6-f7 bios though:Sometimes after the restart or if I press reset button 3-4 times repeatedly I'm having"bios checksum error" and then backup bios starts to load.

[teknology9]

Hi,

Have you tried using a new CMOS battery?

take care where electricity is concerned......safety first.


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